Verizon and Charter kick off rumour mill with mammoth merger murmurs

Rumour has it two of the largest telcos in the US are having hushed conversations over a potential merger of Verizon and Charter.
According to the Wall Street Journal, representatives from both sides are having preliminary talks though nothing has been put on the table yet. Verizon is currently the largest wireless provider in the US, and following Charter’s acquisition of Time Warner Cable, it is the second-largest provider of cable, only behind Comcast, a merger between the two would cre